Just as the LORD would cause blessings to overtake His people on condition of their obedience, so He would cause curses to overtake His people on the failure to meet that condition. These awful curses are given longer explanation than the blessings in part due to the impending failure of the people to obey the law which the Holy Spirit surely foresaw in inspiring Moses to speak to the people and write the book. How important indeed it is that Christ became a curse for us!